合肥话

Hefei Mandarin

Sinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片)

FamilySinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片) Speakers~5M ScriptHan characters CountriesChina (Hefei urban area, central Anhui) Official inNo (regional; standard Mandarin is official) ISO 639-3cmn Glottocodehefe1240

Hefei (合肥话) is a Jianghuai Mandarin variety of the Hongchao subgroup, spoken by ~5M in the capital of Anhui province. Like other Jianghuai varieties (Nanjing, Yangzhou), it preserves the medieval Chinese entering tone (入声) as a short syllable ending in a glottal stop [ʔ] — a feature lost in all of the Northern Mandarin heartland. It also exhibits the characteristic Jianghuai merger of /n/ and /l/ initials, and a 5-tone system (yin-ping, yang-ping, shang, qu, ru). Hefei sits at the interface between Mandarin to the north and Wu to the south, on the historical Huai River boundary.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Hefei Mandarin

Water

/ʂueɪ˨˦/

Fire

/xuo˨˦/

Sun

日头

/ʐəʔ˦tʰəu˥˥/

Moon

月亮

/yɛʔ˦liaŋ˥˧/

Star

/ɕiŋ˨˩˨/

Mother

妈妈

/ma˨˩˨ma/

Father

/tie˨˩˨/

I

/uə˨˦/

You

/ni˨˦/

Name

/miŋ˥/

Eye

/ian˨˦/

Hand

/ʂəu˨˦/

Heart

/ɕin˨˩˨/

Love

/æ˥˧/

Tree

/ʂu˥˧/

House

/uʔ˦/

Dog

/kəu˨˦/

Cat

/mau˥˥/

Eat

/tʂʰəʔ˦/

Drink

/xəʔ˦/

One

/iʔ˦/

Two

/ɚ˥˧/

Hello

你好

/lɿ˨˦xuo˨˦/

Thank you

谢谢

/ɕie˥˧ɕie˥˧/

Good

/xau˨˦/

Cuckoo

布谷鸟

/pu˥˧kuʔ˥niau˨˩˧/

Computer

电脑

/tiɛn˥˧nau˨˦/

Sushi

寿司

/səu˥˧sz̩˨˩˨/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Sinitic (Mandarin, Jianghuai / Hongchao 洪巢片) languages

Meaning Hefei MandarinJin (Shanxi)Nanjing MandarinZhongyuan MandarinKaifeng MandarinJinan MandarinTianjin Mandarin
Water /ʂueɪ˨˦/ /sueɪ˥˧/ /ʂueɪ˨˩˨/ /suei˥˥/ /ʂuei˥˧/ /ʂwei˥˥/ /ʂwei˩˧/
Fire /xuo˨˦/ /xuo˥˧/ /xuo˨˩˨/ /xuo˥˧/ /xuo˥˧/ /xuo˥˥/ /xwo˨˩˧/
Sun 日头 /ʐəʔ˦tʰəu˥˥/ 日头 /ʐəʔ˥˦tʰəu˩/ 太阳 /tʰɛ˦iaŋ˩˧/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩iaŋ˨˩˧/ 日头 /ʐəɻ˧˩˨tʰou˦˨/ 太阳 /tʰai˨˩.iaŋ˦˨/ 日头 /ʐʅ˥˩tʰoʊ˨˦/
Moon 月亮 /yɛʔ˦liaŋ˥˧/ 月亮 /yəʔ˥˦liɔ̃˩/ 月亮 /yʔ˥liaŋ˦/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˦liaŋ/ 月亮 /yɛ˦˨liaŋ˧˩˨/ 月亮 /yɛ˨˩.liaŋ˨˩/ 月亮 /ɥɛ˥˩ljaŋ/
Star /ɕiŋ˨˩˨/ /ɕiŋ˩/ /ɕiŋ˧˩/ /ɕiŋ˨˦/ /ɕiŋ˨˦/ /ɕiŋ˨˩˧/ /ɕiŋ˨˩/
Mother 妈妈 /ma˨˩˨ma/ 妈妈 /ma˩ma/ 姆妈 /m̩˧˩ma˧˩/ 妈妈 /ma˨˦ma/ /ma˨˦/ /niaŋ˦˨/ /ma˩˩/
Father /tie˨˩˨/ 爹爹 /tie˩tie/ /tie˧˩/ 爸爸 /pa˨˩˧pa/ /tiɛ˨˦/ /tiɛ˨˩˧/ /pa˥˩/
I /uə˨˦/ /ɣɤ˥˧/ /ŋo˨˩˨/ /uo˥˧/ /uo˥/ /uə˥˥/ /wo˩˧/
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Han readings compared

Character Hefei MandarinJin (Shanxi)Jin Chinese (Changzhi)Lüliang JinDatong JinJin Chinese (Xinzhou)Jianghuai Mandarin
yiq⁴ /iʔ˦/ ieh² /iəʔ˨/ ieh² /iəʔ˨/ ieh² /iəʔ˨/ ieh⁴³ /iəʔ˦˧/ yih⁴ /i˦˥ʔ/ yiq⁵ /iəʔ˥/
er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁴⁵ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁴ /ɚ˦˥/ er⁵³ /ɚ˥˧/
san²¹ /sæ̃˨˩/ san¹¹ /sæ̃˩˩/ san¹¹ /sæ̃˩˩/ san¹¹ /sæ̃˩˩/ san³¹ /sæ̃˧˩/ sɑ̃¹ /sæ̃˩˩/ san³³ /sã˧˧/
si⁵³ /sɿ˥˧/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ si⁴⁵ /sɿ˦˥/ seh⁴ /səʔ˦˥/ si⁵¹ /sɿ˥˩/
wu²⁴ /u˨˦/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ u⁵³ /u˥˧/ u⁴ /u˥˧/ wu³⁵ /u˧˥/
luq⁴ /lɤʔ˦/ lueh⁵ /luəʔ˥/ lueh⁵ /luəʔ˥/ lueh⁵ /luəʔ˥/ lueh⁵⁴ /luəʔ˥˦/ lueh⁴ /luəʔ˦˥/ liuq⁵ /liuʔ˥/
ciq⁴ /tsʰəʔ˦/ qhieh² /tɕʰiəʔ˨/ qhieh² /tɕʰiəʔ˨/ qhieh² /tɕʰiəʔ˨/ qhieh⁴³ /tɕʰiəʔ˦˧/ tshyeh⁴ /tɕʰiəʔ˦˥/ ciq⁵ /tsʰiəʔ˥/
baq⁴ /paʔ˦/ pah² /paʔ˨/ pah² /paʔ˨/ pah² /paʔ˨/ pah⁴³ /paʔ˦˧/ pah⁴ /paʔ˦˥/ paq⁵ /paʔ˥/
jiu²⁴ /tɕiɯ˨˦/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jieu⁵³ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jio⁴ /tɕiəu˥˧/ jiu²¹² /tɕiɤu˨˩˨/
siq⁴ /səʔ˦/ seh⁵ /səʔ˥/ seh⁵ /səʔ˥/ seh⁵ /səʔ˥/ seh⁵⁴ /səʔ˥˦/ seh⁴ /səʔ˦˥/ sheq⁵ /ʂəʔ˥/
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